Pedal cover pad



May 11 1926.

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UNITED STATES WILLIM F. SCHACHT, OF HUNTINGTON, INDIANA.

PEDAL COVER A Application led February 3, -1926. Serial No. 85,674.

This invention is a novel improvementv in pedal covers particularly designed for use on the foot pedals of Ford automobiles, 1n which two outer pedals have raised projec- 5 tions on the ends, the pedals being rights and lefts. Various anti-slipping devices or covers have been heretofore made for the A Ford pedals, but such covers have necessarily been preformed rights and lefts, and'if a cover which would lit the right pedal'it would not vfit the left, and vice versa. This occasioned a great deal of annoyance in the trade, and necessitated' making right and left covers, and consequently entailed ex- 16 pensein the manufacture, and annoyance to the users, who would have to know for what edal he wanted a cover, and be sure that lie got a right or left pedal cover.

The principal object of the present inven- 20 tion is to provide a` rubber' cover for such edals which can be used on either ri ht or eft pedals and can be readily applie and `secured to either pedal by the owner without any extraneous or auxiliary fastening devices, and without requiring the aid of a l mechanic in so doin and which covers can be sold either as rig ts or lefts, as they will lit either equally well.

I -will explain the inventionv with refer- 80 ence to the accompanying drawing which illustrates one practical embodiment thereof to enable others t o adopt and use the same and will summarlze in the claim the nove I features of construction for which protec- .l tion is desired.

In said drawings:

Fig. 1 illustrates the pad applied to the right pedal.

Fig. 2 is a similar view thereof applied 40 to the left pedal.

is attached-to a shank or lever which ex-4 tends from the right hand end of this pedal, while the right pedal is attached to the shank which extends from the left hand end of such pedal, as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

in Figu Consequently, -as stated, it has heretofore been necessary to provide preformed right and left covers to fit the right and` left lpedals because of these Shanks.

As stated my pad is made of corresponding contour with the contour of the pedal, and it is providedwith a depending flange 1 adapted to fit around the edge of the pedal, and -this latter flange is provided with an inwardly projecting lip l" which extends under the pedal, the 11p engaging the opposite sides and one end o f the pedal, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 5, but this undercut flange or lip l is cut away at the oint 1a to accommodate the shank of the rig t hand pedal, and is cut laway at 1d to accommodate the shank of the left hand pedal and this enables the pad to be retained thereon by the flan e, as is obvious.

Usual y the pedal is provided with an upwardly' `projecting stop p at the opposite end of the pedal. To accommodate this projection or stop the cover 1 may be provided with an aperture 1 at its end through which aperture the said stop p may project. Preferably the cover is provided with an integral housing 1h on its 'upper side which will cover the projection or stop p as shown It will be seen that the essential novel feature of the pedal cover is that the lip 1b on the flange 1 is cut out as at 1, 1d on both sides so that the pad may be reversed to fit either right or left pedals. In other words, the pedal is provided with a ipping part on its flange which is irregu arly shaped to enable the rubber pad to be fitted to either the right or left pedal. But for this irregular or cutaway flange it would be necessary to make separate covers, one for the right and one for the left pedal.

The sides 1a of the cover can be slightly.

concave if desired, and the outer face can be finished in any suitable way, i. e., flat, convex, plain or corrugated, but preferablyr longitudinally corrugated as shown in Fig. 4, and provided with a border molding lk around thetop edges thereof, to impart a neat appearance thereto.

If desired the rubber of the pad might be reinforced by layers of fabric yembedded therein during the molding process, as is quite common in the manufacture of molded rubber articles.

-I claim: n -A cover pad attachable to either a right or left pedal, such pedals being respectively atpedal adjacent the sides thereof to confine n tached at opposite sides to their Shanks; the pad thereon, said lip being out away at 10 comprising a body approximately eonforin- Opposite Sides of the pad adjacent one end ing to the plan contour of both such pedals thereof to enable the pad to be applied to and provided with a depending flange either a rightor a left pedal.

adapted .to engage the sides of the pedal, In testimony that I laim the foregoing said flange having an inwardly projecting 21S my 0WD, I lX my Slgnatllrelip adapted to engage thevunderside of the WILLIAM F. SOHACHT. 

